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. PACKING CASE PORBOTTLBS. No. 323,212. Patented July 28, 1886.

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CHARLES H. ROYCE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES H. PEIROE, OF SAME PLACE.

PACKING-CASE FOR BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 323,212, dated July 28, 1885.

Application filed October 13, 1884. (No model.) I

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. Boron, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illi- 5 nois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Packing-Gases for Bottles, of which I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My present invention consists in the improved packing-case for bottles hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly defined as to its 1 novel features in the claims at the end of the specification.

In the drawings, Figure l is a view in vertical longitudinal section of a packing=case embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view, the lid of the case being raised. Fig. 3 is a detail view of a portion of one of the perforated sheets. Fig. 4 is a detail View of one of the sustaining cross-strips.

My invention, although capable of much more extended use, is particularly designed for packing the bottles of hand-grenade fireextinguishers, the bodies of which are usually formed of general spherical shape, and are furnished each with a central circumfer- 0 ential flange or ring, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

A designates the main box or casing, having the usual lid A. Upon the bottom of the box is preferably placed a layer of cork pa- 5 per, felt, or wadding, 13, against which bear the bottoms of the bottles 0, and on which are placed the lower supporting cross-strips, D. These strips extend in rows from wall to wall of the casing, and are provided with the 0 kerfs d, by means of which one set of strips will be securely connected to the set at right angles thereto, and the series of compartments will be formed, as shown.

On top of the cross-strips D is placed the lower sheet, E, of card-board, veneer, or the like, which is provided with a number of openings to receive the lower portions of the bottles. When the bottles are provided each with a circumferential rib, as shown in the 0 drawings, the perforations of the card-board may be of a size equal to the diameter of the bottle-body, the card-board in such case bear- 7 ing against the rib. Above the lower sheet of card-board, E, is placed the upper sheet of card-board, E, the perforations of which are of a size to receive the upper portions of the bottles and bear upon or near the circumferential ribs, and on this sheet are placed the top supporting-strips, F, formed similarly to the cross-strips D. These cross-strips F, when the top of the box is closed, serve to hold the upper sheet of card-board in place, and thus, with the lower sheet and crossstrips, securely retain the bottles in position and against all danger of accidental displacement.

Instead of the top and bottom cross-strips, connected together in the manner shown, other suitable sustaining-strips extending between the rows of bottles in such manner as to brace against the lid. and bottom of the box, and thus firmly support the perforated sheets,may be employed. By extending the strips between the rows of bottles and giving to the strips a firm bearing, so as to support the perforated sheets at different points, the accidental breakage of a single bottle from overpressure or other reason will not cause the card-board sheets to collapse, so as to allow the remaining bottles to be displaced.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The packing-case for bottles comprising two horizontal sheets of card-board or equivalent material, arranged to bear upon the bottles on each side of their centers and securely hold them in place, and suitable sustaining-strips extending between the bottles and braced against the top and bottom of the .box for supporting the horizontal sheets, substantially as described.

2. Apacking-case for bottles having the horizontal sheets E E, provided with the openings therein to receive the bottle, the 

